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\u2018A few got to be deadly, but Elite \u2026 well, we were special. People respected us. Being Elite meant something out on the Frontier \u2026\u2019
\u2018You\u2019ve been to the Frontier?\u2019 \u2018To it, through it, past it,\u2019 the woman smiled. \u2018Don\u2019t tell no one, but I got as far as the Formidine Rift1<\/a><\/sup>, not many folks can say that! No one has gone past it and lived to tell the tale.\u2019
\u2018The Formid \u2026?\u2019
\u2018Edge of the galactic arm. Take a line from Reorte to Riedquat to the edge of the arm and \u2026 keep going.\u2019 The woman grimaced. \u2018Stars thin out, you can see the whole galaxy just hanging there. I took a fancy to going exploring after I lost \u2026\u2019 she paused, a sadness creeping across her face, \u2018\u2026 had some time to spare. Quiet for the most part, until \u2026\u2019
\u2018Until what?\u2019
\u2018Let\u2019s just say there was some serious shit out there, stuff you wouldn\u2019t believe. No really \u2013 no one believed me, said it was all a fabrication. I had no proof you see and they edited my memory afterwards. Ah, it\u2019ll all come back to bite them one day, it\u2019s all there in the Imperial databanks somewhere – and they thought the Thargoids were trouble \u2026\u2019<\/p>– From Elite: Reclamation, by Drew Wagar<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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A strange old woman, an Elite combateer2<\/a><\/sup> and a line out to the Frontier. This was the clue from the book Reclamation back in 3300 (2014).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Notes for Future Explorers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Ideally, you should:<\/p>\n\n\n\n